Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7372Septimius Felton; or, The Elixir of Life was amongst Nathaniel Hawthorne’s final unpublished (and unfinished) manuscripts, discovered by his widow Sophia shortly after his passing. Perhaps the most "complete" of Hawthorne's unfinished novels, it was published posthumously with editorial assistance from his daughter Una and poet Robert Browning. A gothic romance set during the Revolutionary War, this novel centers on a scholar named Septimius Felton, whose monomaniacal pursuit of the so-called elixir of life leads him down a doomed, destructive path that threatens to annihilate him and all that he loves. This edition of the text contains a number of annotations from both the author and editors that provide additional clarifications, amendments, and explanations. Despite having a large number of gaps, inconsistencies, and unvarnished edges, the major thrust of Hawthorne's narrative (with a distinct beginning, middle, and end) remains relatively complete. (Summary by ChuckW)
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: gothic novel, immortality, unfinished novel
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section # of Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section # of Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
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If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life, by Nathaniel Hawthorne."
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Just re-uploaded the whole file. Let me know if this one is better.